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Paragon Group has achieved record pricing on its latest securitisation, which closed last Thursday on 1.5bn.It says that this demonstrates international investors in the UK buy-to-let market.Paragon Mortgages is backed by prime buy-to-let mortgages and brings the Groups total issuance to 18.5bn.John Heron, managing director of Paragon Mortgages, says: The rousing success of our latest […]

I know that someone out there reads my column. How? Last week, I got an email from a reader that took me by surprise. In fact, I was so surprised that I deleted the email, losing the person’s name and details. So if you recognise the question below as being yours, please accept my apologies for not replying directly.

The default retirement age (DRA) was abolished more than three years ago, yet new research from Jelf Employee Benefits suggests that the vast majority of employers still have some way to go to fully understand, comply and communicate the landmark legislation change that prevents older employees being forcibly retired on the grounds of age alone.